bawneen
English
Etymology
From Irish báinín (“undyed wool”), from bán (“white”) + -ín (“-een”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɔːniːn/
Noun
bawneen (countable and uncountable, plural bawneens)
- (Ireland) A waistcoat with sleeves made from undyed wool, typically worn by labourers and fishermen.
- (Ireland) The woolen yarn such waistcoats are made from.
- 2002, Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea, Vintage 2003, page 63:
- He would take off his neatly pressed worsted trousers, his Winchester College blazer and schoolboy's cap, and don the rough clothes he wore at home in Connemara: the peasant's canvas britches, the bawneen ‘bratt’ or smock.
- 2002, Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea, Vintage 2003, page 63: